portion

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

2.

A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.

These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him!
Job xxvi. 14.

Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.
Tennyson.

3.

A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.

The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Luke xii. 46.

Man's portion is to die and rise again.
Keble.

4.

The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.

Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
Luke xv. 12.

5.

A wife's fortune; a dowry.

Shak.

Syn. -- Division; share; parcel; quantity; allotment; dividend. -- Portion, Part. Part is generic, having a simple reference to some whole. Portion has the additional idea of such a division as bears reference to an individual, or is allotted to some object; as, a portion of one's time; a portion of Scripture.